Factory build sheet
2004 Mercury Sable GS
Build 1MEHM50U-4 · 3L 6cyl · Sedan
VIN positions 1 through 8 read 1MEHM50U and position 10 reads 4. Those nine characters define this build. Position 9 and positions 11 through 17 differ on every car.
Every Sable whose VIN starts 1MEHM50U and carries 4 in position 10 left the plant with the same engine, transmission, drivetrain and equipment listed below. We know of 25 of them.
- Decoded Jul 7, 2026
- 25 known VINs
This configuration is identical to 2004 Mercury Sable GS 3L 6cyl Sedan (448 vehicles). That page carries the full record.
Factory specification
As filed by Mercury with NHTSA for this build. Fields the filing does not record are left out entirely — a missing row means no recorded value, not a missing feature.
Engine
- Displacement
- 3 L
- Cylinders
- 6
- Configuration
- V-Shaped
- Engine manufacturer
- Ford
- Horsepower
- 155 hp
- Fuel type
- Gasoline
Body & chassis
- Body class
- Sedan/Saloon
- NHTSA body type
- PASSENGER CAR
- Doors
- 4
- Manufacturer
- FORD MOTOR COMPANY
Weight rating
- GVWR class
- Class 1
- GVWR
- 6,000 lb or less
Gross vehicle weight rating is the loaded ceiling set by the manufacturer, not the car's own weight.
The same build, other model years
Mercury used the VIN pattern 1MEHM50U for 4 model years. Nothing but the year changes between these pages, so the price gap between them is depreciation on an identical car.
How this VIN pattern is read
A 17-character VIN carries two kinds of information: what was built, and which one it is. This page is the first kind — the nine highlighted positions.
| Positions | Characters | What they encode |
|---|---|---|
| 1–3 | 1ME | FORD MOTOR COMPANY · World manufacturer identifier |
| 4–8 | HM50U | Model, body style, engine and restraint system |
| 9 | × | Check digit — computed per vehicle, not part of the build |
| 10 | 4 | Model year — 2004 |
| 11 | × | Assembly plant |
| 12–17 | ×××××× | Production sequence number, unique to each vehicle |
25 vehicles carry this build
Every VIN we have decoded to 1MEHM50U-4 shares the specification above.
- 25 Known VINs
- 1MEHM50U 24G615099
- 1MEHM50U 84A622352
- 1MEHM50U X4G614086
- 1MEHM50U X4G613536
- 1MEHM50U 54A609056
- 1MEHM50U 74A609723
- 1MEHM50U 44G610311
- 1MEHM50U 34A609024
- 1MEHM50U 54G615050
- 1MEHM50U 34A620962
- 1MEHM50U 24A604767
- 1MEHM50U 84A604790
- 1MEHM50U 54A624608
- 1MEHM50U 04G605879
- 1MEHM50U 54A605914
- 1MEHM50U 14A609720
- 1MEHM50U 94A608086
- 1MEHM50U 94G615097
- 1MEHM50U 54G602573
- 1MEHM50U 64A609762
- 1MEHM50U 64A624455
- 1MEHM50U 14G611402
- 1MEHM50U 24G606001
- 1MEHM50U 94G614077
- 1MEHM50U 74A620964
Neighboring configurations
Other factory configurations of the Sable, each with its own build sheet. The set is fixed by the VIN patterns themselves, so it does not shuffle as prices or inventory move.
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Where this data comes from
Specification fields are decoded from the manufacturer's filings in the NHTSA vPIC database, keyed on VIN positions 1–8 and 10. We publish the filed values as they stand and leave out anything the filing does not record.
Vehicle counts come from the 25 VINs of this build we have seen in dealer inventory. They are a sample of the road population, not a production figure.